It was that "heart-of-Yankeedom" accent she had. I can handle slow. That didn't bother me at all. But when we said we wanted separate checks it was too much to handle. We ended up getting one big check despite our repeated pleas for separate ones. All I had was a debit card and of course, she wouldn't let me pay part of it on a debit card, it all had to be cash, so I couldn't pay AT ALL. This reminds me, I owe David Grebin 15 dollars. That was one of three great meals from Minneapolis SPAH. Another was in a Subway, with Michael Peloquin and Gino Emmerich. We were talking about what we thought was the most unbreakable record, I said Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters, cause you'd need three in a row to beat it. Michael said any of Cy Young's career win/loss records. I can't remember what Gino's was.ÂÂÂ
The other was the Beer Summit. I had a sausage dog and a beer with Lars Seifert, Seydel CEO. At that time, I'd just become CR/Communications manager at HH and of course, I had known Lars for years through the Elk River Harmonicas/Seydel connection. We drank a beer and hung out. It was great to finally met Lars in person. He's a very intelligent/passionate man. Although there were many others, breakfast,Âwith me going back and forth betweenÂPhil Caltabellotta and Val Raedler's table and Elizabeth's table. So many of these memorable experiences had nothing to do with harmonicas, or at least harmonicas were a secondary focus. It was like "hey, we talk about harmonicas all year on the Internet. Let's hear about exploding donkeys." Â
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From: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2012 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Joe Leone Black Market manifesto
Hey Mike, wasn't that waitress just about as slow as she was devastatingly good looking? And vivacious too. Yeah, we got there around 12:30 and didn't leave till after 3. I just have to say that over the years I have many times accompanied groups to an early breakfast. Like when George Miklas and I used to take Don Les to a diner for coffee and glazed donuts and we would watch Don scarf down several donuts and about 7 cups of coffee..ALL with about 4 spoons of sugar in them. But THAT one was the fondest one in my memory. You guys are zany. I love all of you. :) Harmonica people are definitely the best.
smo-joe